WorksheetsCartilaginous and Boney Fish
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The swim bladder of a fish is a sac filled with:
a)
Oil
b)
Gas
c)
Lactic acid
d)
Seminal fluid
2.
The flap of tissue covering a fish's gills:
a)
Operculum
b)
Caudal fin
c)
Dorsal fin
d)
Lateral line
3.
Which Phylum do the sharks, skates, rays and bony fish belong to?
a)
Agnatha
b)
Echinodiea
c)
Osteichthyes
d)
Chordate
4.
What kind of scales does a shark have?
a)
Placoid
b)
Ganoid
c)
Ctenoid
d)
Cycloid
5.
What is a shark's adaptation to maintain neutral buoyancy?
a)
Fluid in the ears
b)
Gas filled bladder
c)
Large oily liver
d)
Nictitating membrane
6.
What species below has a laterally compressed body shape?
a)
Wrasse
b)
Tiger Shark
c)
Flounder
d)
Moray eel
7.
What is special about a shark's jaw?
a)
Their serrated teeth
b)
They can chew their prey
c)
They can move both mandibles
d)
They can sense movement
8.
What are the electroreceptors in the head of sharks, skates, and rays capable of detecting week electrical signals produced by muscular activity in other creatures?
a)
Operculum
b)
Chondrichthyes
c)
Echolocation
d)
Ampullae of Lorenzini
9.
A scientist that studies fish is called this:
a)
Ostracodist
b)
Osteopelagic
c)
Ichthologist
d)
Anthropologist
10.
What is one physical adaption of the fish species Tuna?
a)
Have gill slits for enhanced oxygen absorption
b)
Have Bucklers to propel body through eddies
c)
Lack pectoral fins for more streamline body composition
d)
Developed groves in tongue to channel water to gills
11.
A hard, tooth like projection from the gill arch that prevents large particles of food & other materials from passing into the gill lamellae
a)
Gill arch
b)
Denticle
c)
Gill racker
d)
Isthmus
12.
When animals hatch from eggs, but the eggs hatch and the babies develop inside the female's body. There is no placenta to nourish the pups.
a)
Aplacental viviparity
b)
Oviparity
c)
Placental oviparity
d)
Brooding
13.
A collective name for sharks, rays and skates.
a)
Ichthyes
b)
Elasmobranchs
c)
Crustaceans
d)
Tunicates
14.
How many chambers are in the heart of a bony fish?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
4
d)
3
15.
Where is the heart of a bony fish located
a)
In between the gills
b)
In between the pelvic fins
c)
Posterior to the pectoral fins
d)
Dorsal to the kidney
16.
1. What does the mucus covering a bony fish’s gills do?
a)
Protects from bacteria and parasties
b)
Helps make them faster
c)
keeps them camouflaged
d)
Keeps them afloat in the water column
17.
Which fish is least related to the others?
a)
Shark
b)
Skate
c)
Ray
d)
Tuna
18.
A Flounder's body is....
a)
Streamlined
b)
Laterally compressed
c)
Round
d)
Laterally Flattened
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